U.S. Intel Stake

- The U.S. government's converted CHIPS Act holding in Intel is now valued at about $36 billion after a recent share-price surge, and Washington currently has no defined exit plan. - The Next Web framed the 9.9% position as an industrial-policy stake rather than a market investment, highlighting procurement and strategic-supply implications for buyers. - For engineering procurement this means treating supplier dependence as policy risk and preserving reversible options in hardware roadmaps. (thenextweb.com)